Shinies deal in classic, melody driven guitar pop with a pleasing tendency to tip it over in to something more distorted with a warped noisy edge.
Their latest EP Tangle, which came out last month, consists of four tracks that kick off with the full on riffing of Taste and the equally propulsive Salt, both of which most obviously demonstrate their MBV and J&MC influences, before we get the driving rhythms of Vitamins and closing track, the mellower and more pop orientated Plasticine.
The Mad Mackerel 